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Israel-Palestine
Palestinian official visits Jenin, Arrests Al Aqsa gunnies
2005-03-01
JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Three militants of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades fired into the air Tuesday while Palestinian Authority Interior Minister Nasser Youssef visited a government building in Jenin, a security source told CNN. Youssef, who was inspecting troops, continued with his visit and ordered security forces to arrest the three, including Zacharia Zebeideh, the Al Aqsa chief in Jenin.
It's against the law to shoot into the air in Palestine? Who knew?
The militants were demanding that Youssef leave Jenin. The source said no one was hurt, but the incident highlighted the tensions in the Palestinian territories between militants and the Palestinian Authority.
The Associated Press reported that about 600 armed Palestinian police officers flooded the area quickly and took up positions inside the building. "We are not leaving Jenin before we have arrested this bunch of criminals," Yousef told Hajj Ismail Jaber, the head of national security forces in the West Bank, according to an Associated Press reporter in the local government headquarters with Yousef.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told a conference in London Tuesday that the Palestinian Authority had made a decision to unify all the Palestinian security forces. While Abbas gave no details, Palestinian officials have said the security organizations will answer to the interior minister, who in turn, answers to Abbas.
The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades is a military offshoot of the Fatah movement and has attacked military and civilian targets in Israel and in Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. The U.S. State Department considers it a foreign terrorist organization.
Posted by:Steve

#12  If the al-aska er al Aqsa Martyrs Brigands are permanently jugged, then there will be a civil war. If they are given the revolving door treatment, then the Israelies will start the wacking process. Either way, the PA is going to have to deal with these guys to stay alive and in power.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2005-03-01 8:29:06 PM  

#11  LH - fair enough lol, I've just staked a lot of (archivable) statements and self esteem on the Paleos turning medieval on each other before they gain a national unity of purpose. I don't see a "Five Families" solution to this Cosa Nostra....
Posted by: Frank G   2005-03-01 4:18:00 PM  

#10  "..fired into the air..."
I believe that may be a euphemism for "fired but missed".
Posted by: Tom   2005-03-01 4:09:55 PM  

#9  yet

you are, of course, correct. I did not mean to imply that it couldnt become a bloody mess. Merely trying to indicate that just cause we didnt see large amounts of blood now, shouldnt prevent us from seeing that the dynamic we've been predicting so long is now taking place.

Whether this justifies popcorn or not is up to y'all. I would say time to break out the popcorn - to me the struggle was what i was waiting for, not the blood.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2005-03-01 3:19:09 PM  

#8  So according to the article above this one, the Israelis are holding Zacharia's brother and they are pointing the finger at Zacharia for orchestrating / attempting the largest car bomb in the last 4 years. Innnnnnnteresting!
Posted by: Remoteman   2005-03-01 1:11:50 PM  

#7  these guys are al aqsa? how much are they getting paid extra for being temporarily inconvenienced? after all, being detained for 24-48 hours can be pretty irritating.
Posted by: PlanetDan   2005-03-01 1:00:42 PM  

#6  Prolly will released in 24 hours or less , very quietly , the PA need to hand bait to Israelis to show that they are trying to clamp down so that they dont loose concessions , face , and 'control' blah blah blah ..
Posted by: MacNails   2005-03-01 12:07:13 PM  

#5  This is the long awaited Pal Civil War, except not as bloody as some expected.

They should get on with it then. No use keeping all the rest of us in suspense as to the outcome...
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-03-01 11:53:57 AM  

#4  yet
Posted by: Frank G   2005-03-01 11:42:36 AM  

#3  *looks around smugly*
*wipes smug grin away, waits for other shoe to drop*

Note well - Yousef et al are not doing this to be kind to US or Israel - theyre doing this for the sake of their OWN power. These guys seem serious - they want to run their own STATE. Not just a revolutionary movement, like Yasser. STATES must establish a monopoly of force within their territory, and thats what these guys are doing. This is the long awaited Pal Civil War, except not as bloody as some expected.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2005-03-01 11:35:28 AM  

#2  Well, it looks like Sharon may not have reason to pause just yet. Keep watching.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-03-01 10:16:58 AM  

#1  (/jaw dropping)
Posted by: Frank G   2005-03-01 10:13:07 AM  

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